Smooth Criminal

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Smooth Criminal

Quality:

Smooth Criminal - original song written, composed, and performed by Michael Jackson. Article “Smooth Criminal” in Simple English Wikipedia has 0.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026).

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (Simple English) language version.

Achievements in the last month:
Global Wikipedia:
The 9121st most popular in all topics in the last month.

Since the creation of article “Smooth Criminal”, its content was written by 5 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 1505 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 67 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 3096 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #1005 in November 2013
  • Global: #3315 in July 2009

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #13831 in May 2026
  • Global: #348 in July 2009

There are 31 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Smooth Criminal
91.4286
2Russian (ru)
Smooth Criminal
63.3441
3Italian (it)
Smooth Criminal
61.537
4Greek (el)
Smooth Criminal
48.5065
5Thai (th)
สมูทคริมินัล
46.8008
6French (fr)
Smooth Criminal
45.0431
7German (de)
Smooth Criminal
41.9643
8Spanish (es)
Smooth Criminal
41.3497
9Hungarian (hu)
Smooth Criminal
40.8634
10Japanese (ja)
スムーズ・クリミナル
37.2333
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Smooth Criminal" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Smooth Criminal
7 249 271
2Spanish (es)
Smooth Criminal
710 260
3Japanese (ja)
スムーズ・クリミナル
658 366
4French (fr)
Smooth Criminal
369 444
5Russian (ru)
Smooth Criminal
316 216
6Italian (it)
Smooth Criminal
288 867
7Portuguese (pt)
Smooth Criminal
277 667
8German (de)
Smooth Criminal
273 537
9Polish (pl)
Smooth Criminal
163 339
10Chinese (zh)
Smooth Criminal
103 427
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "Smooth Criminal" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Smooth Criminal
69 474
2Japanese (ja)
スムーズ・クリミナル
16 915
3Russian (ru)
Smooth Criminal
4 596
4Spanish (es)
Smooth Criminal
2 897
5French (fr)
Smooth Criminal
2 779
6Italian (it)
Smooth Criminal
1 923
7German (de)
Smooth Criminal
1 877
8Chinese (zh)
Smooth Criminal
1 677
9Portuguese (pt)
Smooth Criminal
1 532
10Persian (fa)
مجرم زیرک
667
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Smooth Criminal" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Smooth Criminal
684
2Italian (it)
Smooth Criminal
98
3Spanish (es)
Smooth Criminal
84
4French (fr)
Smooth Criminal
83
5Japanese (ja)
スムーズ・クリミナル
63
6Dutch (nl)
Smooth Criminal
58
7German (de)
Smooth Criminal
57
8Portuguese (pt)
Smooth Criminal
50
9Russian (ru)
Smooth Criminal
47
10Turkish (tr)
Smooth Criminal
26
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2026

Language versions of the article "Smooth Criminal" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Smooth Criminal
12
2German (de)
Smooth Criminal
2
3Arabic (ar)
سموذ كريمنال
1
4Italian (it)
Smooth Criminal
1
5Dutch (nl)
Smooth Criminal
1
6Polish (pl)
Smooth Criminal
1
7Turkish (tr)
Smooth Criminal
1
8Chinese (zh)
Smooth Criminal
1
9Azerbaijani (az)
Smooth Criminal
0
10Danish (da)
Smooth Criminal
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Smooth Criminal" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Smooth Criminal
461
2Japanese (ja)
スムーズ・クリミナル
195
3German (de)
Smooth Criminal
176
4French (fr)
Smooth Criminal
159
5Portuguese (pt)
Smooth Criminal
148
6Vietnamese (vi)
Smooth Criminal
139
7Russian (ru)
Smooth Criminal
134
8Persian (fa)
مجرم زیرک
124
9Turkish (tr)
Smooth Criminal
121
10Dutch (nl)
Smooth Criminal
118
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Global:
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Popularity in all years:
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Registered authors in all years:
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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
سموذ كريمنال
azAzerbaijani
Smooth Criminal
daDanish
Smooth Criminal
deGerman
Smooth Criminal
elGreek
Smooth Criminal
enEnglish
Smooth Criminal
esSpanish
Smooth Criminal
faPersian
مجرم زیرک
fiFinnish
Smooth Criminal
frFrench
Smooth Criminal
glGalician
Smooth Criminal
heHebrew
Smooth Criminal
huHungarian
Smooth Criminal
hyArmenian
Smooth Criminal
itItalian
Smooth Criminal
jaJapanese
スムーズ・クリミナル
koKorean
Smooth Criminal
nlDutch
Smooth Criminal
noNorwegian
Smooth Criminal
plPolish
Smooth Criminal
ptPortuguese
Smooth Criminal
roRomanian
Smooth Criminal
ruRussian
Smooth Criminal
simpleSimple English
Smooth Criminal
srSerbian
Smooth Criminal
svSwedish
Smooth Criminal
thThai
สมูทคริมินัล
trTurkish
Smooth Criminal
ukUkrainian
Smooth Criminal
viVietnamese
Smooth Criminal
zhChinese
Smooth Criminal

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#13831
05.2026
Global:
#348
07.2009

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#1005
11.2013
Global:
#3315
07.2009

Global popularity rank history

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Smooth Criminal from Wikipedia articles about Michael Jackson, Bad, Another Part of Me, Alien Ant Farm and Leave Me Alone. Whereas reading the article about Smooth Criminal people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Bad, Michael Jackson, Moonwalker, Leave Me Alone and Resusci Anne.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

News from 1 July 2026

On 1 July 2026 in multilingual Wikipedia, Internet users most often read articles on the following topics: 2026 FIFA World Cup, Kylian Mbappé, Erling Haaland, Democratic Republic of the Congo, FIFA World Cup, Harry Kane, Romelu Lukaku, Senegal, Michael Olise, Sadio Mané.

In Simple English Wikipedia the most popular articles on that day were: List of European countries, Black, List of sex positions, 2026 Iran war, Suresh Raina, Politics of Germany, Academy Award for Best Director, 2020, DYSS-TV, 2022.

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